India: A Hindu sannyasi resting on a bed of nails, Varanasi. Photo by Herbert Ponting (21 March 1870 - 7 February 1935), 1907. Herbert Ponting's 1907 photograph is captioned 'a fakir in Benares' (Varanasi), India. However, it is far more likely this depicts a Hindu sannyasin since Varanasi is the holiest city in Hinduism where large numbers of ascetics gather.

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